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• iOS 9 download problems not due to overloaded delivery networks

  19-09-2015 17:52
  
  The early download glitch users encountered in grabbing iOS 9 this week was not due to an overload on Apple's content delivery network (CDN), an expert said today.
  "It was definitely not a capacity issue," said Dan Rayburn, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan who also writes on his own StreamingMediaBlog.com about CDN issues. "It was clearly a software or install issue."
  [ Get the latest tech news with Computerworld's daily newsletters. ]Rayburn was referring to the first hour of iOS 9availabi
  
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• Microsoft designed Windows 10 to pull users into Windows Store, and it might be working

  19-09-2015 17:51
  
  Windows 10 users may finally be giving the Windows Store the love it needs to survive—largely due to smart plotting by Microsoft to make it happen.
  Microsoft announced in a blog post Thursday evening that Windows 10 users are downloading apps at a vigorous rate. “The average Windows 10 customer is downloading six times more apps than the average customer on Windows 8,” said Microsoft’s Todd Brix, who authored the post.
  This is hardly a grassroots movement, though. Micros
  
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• Researchers can use MRIs to print a model heart in 3 hours

  19-09-2015 17:49
  
  Researchers at MIT and Boston Children's Hospital have developed a system that can take MRI scans of a patient's heart and, in just a few hours, convert them into a tangible, physical model that surgeons can use to plan surgery.
  While creating 3D printed models of human organs and vasculature is not new, the speed with which the heart models can be produced using a new computer algorithm is unprecedented, according to the researchers.
  The new procedure also increases the precision of MRI scans
  
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• How to create your own Snapchat geofilter

  19-09-2015 14:00
  
  If you use Snapchat you are probably familiar with applying geofilters to photos and videos. Geofilters are image overlays that indicate your location, which you add to a photo or video by swiping to the right. Lauren Brousell Geofilters let you add image overlays that indicate your location. (Click for larger image.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• Amazon rolls out cold cloud storage option

  19-09-2015 00:44
  
  Amazon Web Services today launched a new, less-expensive flavor of its cloud-based object storage service meant for data that is infrequently accessed (IA).
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  Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) IA is an alternative to the company’s standard S3 offering and its Glacier service. Amazon’s three storage offerings now include: S3 for fast access to data; S3 IA, which is less expensive than S3 with a slight tradeoff in availabi
  
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• Smartwatch growth predicted, thanks largely to Apple Watch

  19-09-2015 00:16
  
  Some analysts have grappled with how quickly the smartwatch market will grow in coming years, but Apple's entry into the space has helped firm up some outlooks.
  Apple debuted the Apple Watch on April 24, and shipped 3.6 million units in the second quarter, according a recent release from IDC. That put Apple in second place, behind Fitbit, which shipped 4.4 million wearable devices.
  Fitbit isn't selling smartwatches, and its wares instead fall into what IDC terms "basic" wearables because the fi
  
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